Veteran. Longtime District 2 resident and renter. Father. Experienced leader focused on practical results.
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Guy McCoy is a retired U.S. Navy & Coast Guard Veteran, longtime District 2 renter, father, and experienced manager.
His father was first a steel worker, then became a truck driver transporting that same steel throughout the industrial Northeast and Midwest. His mother was a social worker employed with various agencies in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, serving a wide range of people to have a better life.
After nearly two years of college, Guy enlisted in the U.S. Navy, completing basic and advanced training in San Diego. He then served two back-to-back tours based in Guam, with additional assignments in Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, and Hong Kong. During his later military and Coast Guard career, Guy also lived in Honolulu, San Diego, Monterey, Los Angeles, and briefly in Sydney, Australia. In 1991, Guy Served aboard the USS Princeton during the Gulf War. His ship was one of only two U.S. Navy vessels struck during Operation Desert Storm, and Guy was injured during that deployment. He was later recalled to service with the U.S. Coast Guard during the Iraq War in 2003, working out of San Pedro in Los Angeles while continuing to maintain his home in San Francisco- the same apartment where he still lives today.
After retiring from military service, Guy began working as a jazz club manager at Andrew Jaeger's House of Seafood and Jazz, located in the historic Condor building in North Beach. He later went on to manage a variety of restaurants thoughout San Francisco and the Peninsula, giving him firsthand experience with both the opportunities and challenges facing the hospitality industry. Guy has a daughter who was born here in District 2 as well as an older son. His son works as a regional project manager for a national department store chain.
For over than two decades, he has lived in District 2 and watched San Francisco change. His campaign is rooted in service, practical problem-solving, and the belief that neighborhood government should work for the people who already live and work here. Each neighborhood should be able to determine what happens there. Decisions should be based on pragmatism, evidence and what actually works, not just on politics of a segment of a party or appeasing certain group's idealism.
Guy brings decades of experience working with people of all walks of life toward common goals and a mission-oriented approach to leadership.